Language and Gender
Price: $27.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-46663-9
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 5th December 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 160
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About the Book
Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, Language and Gender:
- explores the relationship between language and our ideas about men and women
- challenges commonly expressed views on the subject of language and gender
- highlights the individuals role in the expression of gender stereotyping
- includes a range of text types as diverse as personal ads, wildlife documentary, literary fiction and classical music programmes
- includes a comprehensive glossary of terms.
The new edition has been updated and revised and key features include: an additional chapter on Gender, discourse and identities; integration of focus on gender, sexualization, and sexuality; inclusion of international examples, texts and images.
Table of Contents
Introduction Unit 1: Projections Unit 2: Making up gender Unit 3: All in the mind? Unit 4: Gender and speech styles Unit 5: Political correctness Unit 6: Reading positions Unit 7: Gender, discourse and identities Index of terms References Further reading